Aesop Queer Library

Usually, a trip to Aesop is all about sampling the dizzyingly luxe scents of its toiletries range. But in Pride season, you can scrub up on your queer knowledge as well as stocking up on hand scrub, with its annual Aesop Queer Library scheme.

In the days surrounding Pride in London, the Soho and Spitalfields branches of Aesop will offer visitors complimentary books by LGBTQIA+ authors, in an installation that celebrates the power of the written word. The store has partnered with Penguin Random House and local indie booksellers to curate a diverse range of queer literature, with the full list of titles in this year’s library available here.

Best of all? You don’t even have to buy a tube of handcream to get your mitts on one (although we wouldn’t blame you for leaving with half the shop’s addictively delicious-smelling stock!) Just arrive ready to queue, as it’s understandably a very popular event.